Greg Gleason has been out to sea but now he’s back on land and making waves. Many years ago he was managing several Texas nightclubs including Houston’s Magic Island. He later moved to Las Vegas and worked for years at Caesar’s Magic Kingdom. And when he went to sea, Greg had the largest illusion show on the ocean. He still has warehouses full of illusions. Now he performs on television and theaters for the Masters of Illusion show while working to open magic-themed nightclubs in the U.S.

Magician Greg Gleason has taken his illusions to 85 countries, and he's currently in Las Vegas at Bally's Jubilee Theater. Gleason is also featured on The CW's "Masters of Illusion," airing on Fridays at 8 p.m. Story: https://bit.ly/2M8UTOM

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00:01:50 Kent Cummins talks to the “Order of Willard” group at breakfast about the Fun ‘n Magic Shoppe in San Antonio and its proprietor, Louis Berkie.

00:30:00 - Dal Sanders recently received an Award of Merit from the Academy of Magical Arts for his work on getting a bill passed recognizing magic as an art. In this conversation, Dal gives us an update on what has been done and what yet needs to be done.

00:38:14 - Jay Zugai won the comedy award and was surprised since he had entered the close-up contest. But he was so funny that they split him out to award him in that category.

00:43:05 - Nick Lewin was the evening show’s emcee and talks about his experience on the evening show that ran three and a half hours.

00:49:02 - Stuart MacDonald performed two different stage routines, one close-up show and a full lecture.

01:00:50 - Oscar Munoz was one of the stand-out hits of the Sunday night’s show.

01:09:18 - David Deeble talks about getting through a technically challenging show in a professional way and coming out on “the other side” as another of the stand-out hits of the evening show

01:22:29 - Jamie Salinas and Scott are on the drive home and give a wrap-up of the convention

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00:20:26 - Harry Allen presents his side of the argument over the recent controversy and selling cheap knock-offs

00:30:16 - Joe Givan talks about the ethics of presenting magic on TV when rights haven’t been given

00:38:10 - Chris Capehart comes in out of the heat for a few words

00:49:03 - Allen Pauly tells us about the close-up competition

00:44:00 - Scott Hollingsworth talks about why he supports the T.A.O.M. convention over the years

00:52:07 - Trixie Bond helps wrap up the day after the midnight Bizarre Show

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